Jerry Warriner
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Jerry Warriner is the charming, witty husband whose marital misadventures and romantic sparring drive the screwball comedy of the classic film "The Awful Truth."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jerry Warriner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8207410 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jerry Warriner Context triple: [The Awful Truth, leadCharacter, Jerry Warriner]
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A.
William Hornbeck
William Hornbeck was an influential American film editor known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for helping to shape modern editing techniques.
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B.
Harlan Anderson
Harlan Anderson was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the pioneering minicomputer company Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
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C.
Russell Harlan
Russell Harlan was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic films, including "Witness for the Prosecution," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "Red River."
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D.
Perry Johnson
Perry Johnson is an American businessman and political figure who ran a long-shot campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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E.
Bill Wittliff
Bill Wittliff was an American screenwriter, author, and photographer best known for adapting and writing acclaimed Western-themed films and television miniseries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jerry Warriner Target entity description: Jerry Warriner is the charming, witty husband whose marital misadventures and romantic sparring drive the screwball comedy of the classic film "The Awful Truth."
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A.
William Hornbeck
William Hornbeck was an influential American film editor known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for helping to shape modern editing techniques.
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B.
Harlan Anderson
Harlan Anderson was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the pioneering minicomputer company Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
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C.
Russell Harlan
Russell Harlan was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic films, including "Witness for the Prosecution," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "Red River."
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D.
Perry Johnson
Perry Johnson is an American businessman and political figure who ran a long-shot campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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E.
Bill Wittliff
Bill Wittliff was an American screenwriter, author, and photographer best known for adapting and writing acclaimed Western-themed films and television miniseries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Awful Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeInvolvement |
marital discord
ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ romantic misunderstanding ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States (fictional context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drivesTone |
comic
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lighthearted ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
comic deception
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romantic rivalry ⓘ verbal sparring ⓘ |
| genreAssociation | screwball comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacterTrait |
charming
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jealous ⓘ playful ⓘ romantic ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Lucy Warriner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | screwball comedy film ⓘ |
| languageOfFictionalWorld | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
drives plot through marital misadventures
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engages in romantic sparring with spouse ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
ⓘ
romantic lead ⓘ |
| relationshipToLucyWarriner | estranged husband for part of the film GENERATED ⓘ |
| settingContext | upper-middle-class American society of the 1930s ⓘ |
| storyArc |
eventual reconciliation with Lucy Warriner
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separation and attempted divorce ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jerry Warriner Description of subject: Jerry Warriner is the charming, witty husband whose marital misadventures and romantic sparring drive the screwball comedy of the classic film "The Awful Truth."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.